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The 4 Educational Science International Conference
Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age

HED-01

Plagiarism Awareness and Academic Writing Ability: The Relationship with the EFL
students' Plagiarism Practice

Maulidya Namira, Maria Teodora Ping, Bibit Suhatmady
Mulawarman University, Indonesia
dhea.namira123@gmail.com

Abstract

Plagiarism is considered a writing difficulty and has been a topic among researchers in the
past ten years. Many studies explored plagiarism perceptions and the reasons behind
plagiarism. Some studies also attempted to find an association between the elements that
might contribute to plagiarism such as writing skills, language level, studying behaviour, etc.
However, most of the studies does not include the plagiarism rate or similarity index as one of
the research variables. To fill this gap, this study aimed to find out whether there is any
relationship between plagiarism awareness and academic writing ability towards the students’
actual plagiarism practice. The 30 respondents are students of the English Department in
Mulawarman University who has written an academic paper namely a Mini research proposal.
This study design is a quantitative-correlational design with a Multiple regression data
analysis technique. The study three main findings are; (1) there is no significant relationship
between plagiarism awareness and plagiarism rate; (2) there is a significant negative
relationship between academic writing ability and plagiarism rate; and (3) there is a
simultaneous significant relationship between plagiarism awareness and academic writing
ability with plagiarism rate. Additionally, academic writing ability has more influence on
plagiarism rate than plagiarism awareness.

Keywords: Plagiarism Awareness; Plagiarism Rate; Plagiarism Practice; Academic Writing
Ability; Mini Research Proposal

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